By P&P Staff
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Oni Press
The book that inspired the wonderful film. Some may scoff at you for reading the comic, especially with the manga-looking covers, but we know better, don’t we? The book might be slightly scathing in its depiction of our own geek culture, but never manages to lose sight of its attention-deficit goal, being fun and funny. Collected now in this awesome paperback set. (more…)
Title: Jonah Hex Vol. 6: Bullets Don’t Lie
Publisher: DC
Writers: Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti
Artists: Darwyn Cooke, J.H. Williams III
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Review by: Eric Stuckart
Readers curious about Jonah Hex, but not sure where to start, would do well to pick up Bullets Don’t Lie. Collecting issues #31-36, it might not go into his back story too much, but it does offer up a broad cross-section of the anti-hero and what he stands for. It comprises six separate stories, and they all stand on their own, telling the tales of a bounty hunter scorned by nearly all he encounters but who still manages to keep a strong moral code. The artwork is vibrant and evocative of the Wild West, and does a good job telling the stories without words. With an atmosphere as thick as blood, things in Jonah Hex’s world are never black and white. The subject matter is dark and grimy, and definitely for mature audiences, but it doesn’t commit the crime of pushing the envelope just for the sake of shocking the reader. (more…)
